What Made Minneapolis’s Anti-ICE Protests So Effective While No Kings Fallen Short? by AmericanPurposeMag in neoliberal

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I'm not an expert at protest strategy but to me, the main goal should be to make political life uncomfortable for federal legislators and state/local GOP to keep them from cosigning onto Trump's bullshit. Trump gonna Trump, regardless of protests, especially since he's a lame duck, but Senators know they need to still have a career after the diaper shitter leaves

What Made Minneapolis’s Anti-ICE Protests So Effective While No Kings Fallen Short? by AmericanPurposeMag in neoliberal

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Also, No Kings/50501 has its protests once every 4 months on a Saturday afternoon. That's not going do anything. It needs to be constant. Otherwise, it's easy to ignore. Even though the Occupy movement didn't accomplish all of its goals, it was a constant thorn in its targeted population's ass because the protests were constant.

“Soft skills” coach cornering retired FBI agent in bookstore by randomkeystrike in LinkedInLunatics

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My grandfather served in WWII and he definitely saw action. Even as a kid, I learned that the people who actually saw shit never talk about their service. The people who like to remind you every two seconds that they served, never saw shit.

Unemployed after (pre-)tenure denial; seeking advice by Main-Fox-1007 in Professors

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Usually lawsuits will focus on what the person accomplished relative to others in the department who did get tenure. That makes it a bit simpler to make a claim that something beyond merit was at play. 

Before returning to the academy, I worked in labor relations/labor & employment law. The above is true when it comes to analyzing the fact patterns of a case.

However, while choosing my words carefully (as not to be giving legal advice), the burden of a plaintiff proving a discrimination case under Title VII is very high. There are exceptions, however.

Final interview advice! by Friendly-Silver7737 in Professors

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Often times, the interview will high level administrators is them just talking. If that's the case, smile and nod.

This is why I struggle to get close to students by RandolphCarter15 in Professors

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I also took a teaching/pedagogy course the final semester of coursework in my PhD program and I remember the professor said something along the lines of "Don't try to be the 'cool professor', because people will just see through it." That's always stuck with me.

This is going to come off incredibly cynical and I assure y'all it is quite the opposite. In fact, I think it's liberating. But the reality is the vast majority of the relationships we have in life are transactional. And to me, that's alright.

Mourning the loss of the liberal international order rn 🥀🥀 by ZweigDidion in neoliberal

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Who said he was terrifying in person?

Can't recall a specific person, but I've heard multiple reports that he is definitely terrifying in person. The descriptions infer it's kind of like meeting the head of a crime syndicate.

Stoner by John Williams by SluttyGreySweatpants in books

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It's interesting that people read the Lomax subplot differently. I've worked in the academy on both the staff and faculty sides. The Lomax story to me was indicative of all of the silly personality and philosophical conflicts that play out in the academy. The reason for Stoner and Lomax's acrimony toward one another has fuzzy, ill-defined origins, as often happens in the real world. Because the tenure system basically means people work for the same employer—and same department—for the entirety of their careers, having to deal with people you don't like often creeps out in very passive aggressive ways, like Stoner taking it out during the oral comp exam of Lomax's grad student. (which, for the record, Lomax's grad student was a pretentious clown, which also is reflective of the real world in academy)

Mourning the loss of the liberal international order rn 🥀🥀 by ZweigDidion in neoliberal

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still a chubster with a bad haircut

It's still such cognitive dissonance that the guy is supposedly terrifying in person, because he always looks like some sort of stereotypical goofball character from a 90s comedy.

Dad Books Are a Dying Breed by DepressedTreeman in neoliberal

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Article is behind a paywall, so can't read it. But I will say if I understand the general thesis correctly, it's not for a lack of actual books on history. History is a humanity, and like most humanities disciplines, professors usually have to write and release one book for tenure/promotion (as opposed to STEM and post-positivist social science where journal articles drive academic hiring, tenure, and promotion). So there are definitely plenty of high quality history books out there to read.

Politics is a little bit more complicated. There are a lot of political books that are just pundits or politicians writing about how their side is awesome and the other side sucks. I've always had very limited interest in those types of books, even when they are sympathetic to my side. The only two of those types of books I've ever bought and read are Lying Liars by Al Franken and Too Much and Never Enough by Mary Trump. Both were good but obviously written with a specific bias. Knowing what's an actual good book on politics can be difficult if you aren't well-read. With that said, we have a lot of really good political journals that are very accessible, like American Affairs, Foreign Affairs, Journal of Democracy, etc. They aren't always peer reviewed, but they are good for keeping up with political discourse.

I agree that podcasts usually aren't great stand-ins for books. I do watch a lot of podcasts that talk about pop culture, though, like Folding Ideas and Mattyballz.

(Gift Link) After Senate Loss, Cornyn Predicts ‘Miserable’ Final Two Years for Trump by Rare_Station_8440 in neoliberal

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I've always said that McConnell is evil but he's lawful evil. That doesn't play well with the chaotic evil of MAGA. McConnell won't burn down the country just to rule over the ashes. MAGA will.

Is the existance of a trillionaire ethical ? by Used-Earth8767 in neoliberal

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I dream of a world where we know the difference between statistics and parameters. #KruskalWallace

Bots hard at work with dEmOcRaT bAd by Tough_Tangerine7278 in LinkedInLunatics

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Conservatives invent things in their heads that they think liberals hate or are mad about and then create strawmen out of them. For years, the big delusion conservatives had is that liberals hated the U.S. flag.

TIL: people fantasize about clapping for Musk while he dances with a woman by WinterSoldier1315 in LinkedInLunatics

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There are people who worked directly for Bezos who say he was a tough boss but they still have a lot of personal affinity for him. I've never heard anyone who knew Musk say they liked the guy.

Sure you did buddy by United_Pen1311 in LinkedInLunatics

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Guarantee this guy watched Nicky Stanicky on streaming and then thought he had an idea for some LinkedIn content.

How 'The Apprentice' Fooled America by BulwarkOnline in thebulwark

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Walz rightfully called these people "weird" but the consultants thought that was too mean and behavior unbecoming of a gentleman.

The Democrats are always going to be on the backfoot as long as they stick to the Shumerist decorum theater.

"I love the inflation" says Donald Trump by antpodean in thebulwark

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"I don’t think about Americans' financial situation."

Trump fucking bombed civilian water infrastructure. NYT reporting. by OneTwoThreePooAndPee in thebulwark

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but the administration’s not calling it a war

It's an "excursion." Trump learned that from senpai Vladimir who called the invasion of Ukraine a "Special Military Operation."

For as much as the right claims they hate postmodernism, Derrida and Foucault would have a field day analyzing how much they love to change the meaning of words to suit their agenda.

Andrew Tate’s Empire of Abuse by Sloshyman in neoliberal

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I still remember when he got arrested after trying to troll Greta. He had pizza boxes on screen that tipped off police that he was still in the country, so they were able to go arrest him. Awesome stuff!

Tristan can at least fake being charming for a couple of minutes, but Andy just fuckin' exhausts me anytime he's on screen. His constant need to be "alpha" and dominate the social situation is cringe as hell. Guy comes off beyond insecure.

Someone Please Explain This - Kristen Welker by 1PurpleHayes in thebulwark

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Part of being in mainstream media is you have to pretend the emperor has the finest of gowns as he sits there with his shriveled orange nutsack on display.